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“Banana Republics” — Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Song“Banana Republics” — Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Song

“Banana Republics” is a song written and recorded by Steve Goodman and later recorded by Jimmy Buffett. This is an in-depth essay about the song and a comparison of the two versions. We include excerpts from an interview with Steve Goodman and a never before heard interview Goodman biographer Clay

Did Elvis Presley really intend to record Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”?Did Elvis Presley really intend to record Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”?

Rumor has it Elvis Presley intended to record Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville,” but Presley passed away and it never happened. Is that a fictional fact or a factual fiction?  If you’re pressed for time, the answer is “I don’t know.” Even Jimmy’s team expressed curiosity about this question, in the end,